Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site will hire two consulting architects, an engineer, and a conservator to conduct a planning study to evaluate several historic structures as potential long-term collection storage spaces. Project participants will not only appraise potential environments but will also take into account other practical aspects such as visitor circulation, availability of electricity, serviceability of other mechanical systems, and overall sustainability. As part of this process, the consultants and staff will review previous conservation, architectural, and planning studies and analyze nearly one year of environmental monitoring data for the potential and current storage areas. The result will be an Environmental Management Plan for the building best suited for long-term collections storage and interim storage solutions.